Gemayel Suggests Indirect Talks with Israel
Phalange Party leader Amin Gemayel suggested Friday indirect talks with Israel to settle the border dispute between the two countries.
Gemayel stressed in a lecture at the Faculty of Law at the University of Sao Paulo that "we are not talking about peace negotiations with Israel, but rather about interim arrangements to allow a return to the Armistice Agreement of 1949."
He believed that the policy of the new Israeli government headed by Benjamin Netanyahu "does not encourage the Palestinians to engage in a serious and constructive dialogue."
Gemayel said the election of U.S. President Barack Obama has "sparked a new dialogue spirit" in Arab-Israeli talks.
He suggested a four-point plan to consolidate Lebanon”s role, develop its institutions and promote national security based on the principle of secularism within the national bodies as well as administrative decentralization.